Bee City USA

Are Plants Sold as Pollinator-friendly also Pollinator-safe? The Case of Milkweed and How to Help
2022-10-12 11:00 - 12:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Online
A recently published study reported that milkweeds purchased from retail nurseries across 15 states contained an average of 12 pesticides per plant. Join the lead researchers from the University of Nevada-Reno and Xerces Society to learn more about the findings and to learn what consumers and retailers can do to help turn the tide toward greater availability of pollinator-safe plants from U.S. nurseries. A thirty minute presentation will be followed by 30 minutes for Q and A.
This webinar will be recorded and available on our YouTube channel. Closed Captioning will be available during this webinar.

Chris Halsch
PhD candidate – University of Nevada Reno
Chris is a PhD candidate at the University of Nevada Reno where he studies the impacts of global change on butterfly populations, especially climate change and pesticides. This can take the form of running through the mountains with a net or slumped over a laptop in a coffee shop. When not in the mountains for work he goes to the mountains for pleasure!

Sharon Selvaggio
Pesticide Program Specialist Parks, Nurseries & Natural Areas Lead – The Xerces Society
Sharon assists Xerces staff, partners, and the public to reduce reliance on pesticides and understand pesticide risk to invertebrates. Sharon previously worked at Northwest Center for Alternatives to Pesticides, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and the U.S. Forest Service, and integrates her focus on pesticides with her experience managing natural areas and agricultural lands. Sharon earned a master’s of science in energy and resources and a bachelor of arts in biology, both from the University of California, Berkeley. Sharon spends a lot of time in her vegetable garden, which has an always-buzzing insectary/pollinator patch, and she is a frequent visitor to the Pacific northwest’s wildlands for recreation.

In-Person Workshop: Implementing a community-wide pollinator protection program
2022-10-12 13:30 - 15:30 (America/New_York) | University of Georgia, 1197 S Lumpkin St, Athens, GA, 30602, United States
Optional workshop: “Implementing a community-wide pollinator protection program” at the Protecting Pollinators in Urban Landscapes 2022 conference (October 10-12) held at the University of Georgia in Athens, GA.
Workshop led by Laura Rost, The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation; Peter Helfrich, Decatur, GA Bee City; and Tyra Byers, University of Georgia Bee Campus.

Simplifying Your Bee City and Bee Campus Outreach: A Template Presentation on "How to Reduce Pesticides at Home"
2022-10-27 10:00 - 11:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Online
Education and outreach to the broader community is a key component of Bee City USA and Bee Campus USA. In this webinar, staff from the Xerces Society’s pesticide reduction team will demonstrate a free, template presentation “How to Reduce Pesticides at Home,” that affiliate cities and campuses can download and present at local events. The pesticide reduction staff will answer questions and offer tips on how to conduct more effective pesticide reduction outreach.
This free event will be recorded and available to affiliates.

External webinar: Pollinators, Pesticides & People: Landscaping Certifications Explained
2022-11-09 11:00 - 12:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Online
Hosted by the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE). Presentation by Laura Rost, coordinator of Bee Campus USA, an initiative of the Xerces Society, and Sheina Crystal, Director of Communications and Campaigns at Rewild Your Campus (formerly Herbicide Free Campus).
Interested in sustainability certifications for your campus landscape? We’re here to help! Join Bee Campus USA, an initiative of the Xerces Society, and Rewild Your Campus to learn more about the two organizations’ certification programs. We have tools, resources and advice on how to reduce pesticide use and increase pollinator habitat to improve the health and safety of your campus for bees, beneficial insects and people.
These certifications cover pesticide reduction, soil health, native plants, classroom education, coalition building and how to build a healthier campus! Hear the benefits and requirements of these different programs and see examples of real-world sustainability successes from a variety of participating colleges and universities.

We Need to Talk About Honeybees
2022-11-10 10:00 - 11:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Online
To help ensure healthy ecosystems and successful harvests, pollinator conservation is essential. For many people, pollinator conservation is synonymous with the honey bee and beekeeping, but the story is bigger than that; much, much bigger than that. As we work to conserve pollinators, we need to ensure that our efforts are best directed where they are needed most, and not just at what is easiest to accomplish. While honey bees are important for our current agricultural systems, their role in our natural areas, and even in our urban and suburban areas, is more complicated. Join Xerces Society Senior Conservation Biologist Rich Hatfield for an honest conversation about the unseen consequences that a focus on honey bees can have, and how we can focus our actions in ways that will create positive change, for all pollinators.
This webinar will be recorded and available on our YouTube channel. Closed Captioning will be available during this webinar.

Rich Hatfield
Senior Endangered Species Conservation Biologist Bumble Bee Conservation Lead – The Xerces Society
Rich manages all aspects of the Xerces Society’s work on bumble bees. In addition to his skills as a research biologist, Rich also has extensive classroom teaching experience with a focus on conservation biology, ecology, and sustainability.

Practitioners Talk About IPM: Turning Lemons into Lemonade - the Story of Wilsonville, OR
2022-11-15 10:00 - 11:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Online
A private parking lot in Wilsonville, Oregon became the unexpected site of the country’s largest bumble bee kill, when an estimated 50,000-100,000 bumble bees died during Pollinator Week in 2013, after neonicotinoid insecticide was applied to linden trees located in the lot. Since then, the City of Wilsonville has rallied to support bee conservation through joining Bee City USA and establishing its Bee Stewards Wilsonville program. Join Kerry Rappold, Natural Resources Program Manager for the City of Wilsonville, who will discuss the city’s work since the bee kill, including pollinator habitat establishment, integrated pest management in parks and public spaces, residential education, and involvement in state policy work.
This event will include auto-generated closed captioning and will be recorded and available to Bee City USA and Bee Campus USA affiliates.

Kerry Rappold
Natural Resources Manager – City of Wilsonville
During his 21 years with the City of Wilsonville, Kerry Rappold has had responsibility for program development; compliance with local, state and federal requirements; capital project planning and implementation; stormwater management and permitting; managing enhancement and restoration projects; pollinator conservation; and environmental education. Kerry’s previous work experience has included silviculture and urban forestry, watershed management and monitoring, and regulatory review and permitting.

Pollinators in the woods? The place of wild bees in a changing forested landscape
2023-01-26 10:00 - 11:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Online
Come join Kass Urban-Mead, Xerces Pollinator Conservation Specialist, NRCS Partner Biologist, for an adventure exploring how wild bees use the woods–from the leafy forest floor to the tippy top of the canopy. Although we usually think of bees busy in our gardens, flower patches, and meadows (which is true!), that is not the only place they are found. In fact, in the northeastern US up to 1/3 of our wild bee species may rely on forest habitats for at least a part of their life cycle. Some are specialized to only collect pollen from spring ephemerals on the forest floor, while others nest in stumps, logs, and leaf litter deep in the woods, and orchard pollinators use forest canopy pollen before the orchards bloom. We will discuss the changing nature of forests on our landscape and how this is likely to affect different groups of bees. Finally, we will highlight ways in which forest management for healthy, diverse, climate-resilient woods is crucial not just for birds and other wildlife, but also for the bees.
This webinar will be recorded and available on our YouTube channel. Closed Captioning will be available during this webinar.

Kass Urban-Mead
Pollinator Conservation Specialist, NRCS Partner Biologist – The Xerces Society
Kass Urban-Mead provides technical assistance on pollinator conservation in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast region. As part of this work, she assists with planning, designing, installing, and managing habitat for pollinators and other beneficial insects. Kass also works with staff and research partners to develop technical guidelines and provide training on pollinator conservation practices.

Pollinator and Beneficial Insect Habitat: Small Urban Farms and Community Spaces
2023-02-09 10:00 - 11:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Online
Urban landscapes are diverse and can provide unique habitat opportunities for pollinators and other beneficial invertebrates. However, habitat loss in urban areas is a driving factor of insect decline. Small urban farms and community gardens are great locations to add in native habitat pockets, strips, hedgerows, gardens, and more. At the same time, these habitats can be designed to offer many added benefits for wildlife, crop production, water quality, stormwater management, education, and the community! Growing food in urban spaces is not a new practice, but its presence is increasing in many cities as more people are taking an active role in where their food comes from and the betterment of their communities and environment. Join Xerces Society staff Mace Vaughan, Pollinator Conservation Program Co-Director, and Stefanie Steele, Pollinator Conservation Specialist, as they dive deeper into the issue of pollinator habitat loss in urban landscapes and how we can tackle this while also addressing other conservation and climate change challenges. They will also provide resources and techniques you can use on your small urban farm or community garden to increase native biodiversity and attract pollinating insects, beneficial predatory insects, and more!
This webinar is hosted by Xerces Society and will be recorded and available on our YouTube channel. Closed Captioning will be available during this webinar.

Stefanie Steele
Pollinator Conservation Specialist for Urban and Small Farms in Underserved Communities and NRCS Partner Biologist – The Xerces Society
Stefanie is the Pollinator Conservation Specialist for Urban and Small Farms in Underserved Communities and a NRCS Partner Biologist in the Upper Midwest – Detroit, Michigan area. Through this work, she provides technical assistance, planning, and education on incorporating pollinator and other beneficial invertebrate habitat in small urban agricultural areas and community gardens in historically excluded communities. Her work supports projects including the Xerces Habitat Kit Program, People’s Garden Initiative, and NRCS Conservation Programs through the USDA Farm Bill.

Mace Vaughan
Pollinator and Agricultural Biodiversity Co-Director – The Xerces Society
Mace Vaughan serves as the Xerces Society’s Pollinator and Ag Biodiversity Conservation Program Co-Director, and as a Conservation Entomologist and Partner Biologist to the USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service’s (NRCS) West National Technology Support Center in Portland, Oregon. Mace has led Xerces’ Pollinator Conservation Program since 2003 and has acted as a Partner Biologist to the NRCS since 2008. In his tenure at the Xerces Society, the pollinator program has grown from a small pilot project on California farms to a national program implementing pollinator conservation projects across the U.S. Mace co-leads a team of 25 pollinator conservation specialists and several consultants across the U.S., and now helps to supervise the world’s largest pollinator conservation team.

Ecologically-Sound Mosquito Management at Home
2023-03-02 10:00 - 11:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Online
Mosquitos are a nuisance at best and health risk at worst, so it’s understandable why many people turn to insecticides to try and control these pests. Though spraying may seem like a quick and easy way to deal with mosquitos, it’s often an ineffective control strategy. Worse, these insecticides are toxic to pollinators and other beneficial insects. Join Aaron Anderson, Xerces Pesticide Program Specialist, to touch on the risks that mosquito spraying poses and discuss practical, alternative methods of mosquito control in residential landscapes.
This free Xerces Society webinar will be recorded and available on our YouTube channel. Closed Captioning will be available during this webinar.

Aaron Anderson
Pesticide Program Specialist – The Xerces Society
Aaron Anderson works with the public and Xerces staff to reduce pesticide use in residential landscapes, including promoting alternative pest control measures and pollinator-friendly gardening practices. Prior to joining Xerces in 2022, he researched pollinator conservation in urban landscapes, restored habitat for several endangered butterfly species, and worked in insect biocontrol. In 2021 he was an AAAS Mass Media Fellow at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, where he reported science and business stories. Aaron has a PhD from Oregon State University, and outside of work you can probably find him riding his bike, science writing, or fiddling with old cameras.

"Tracks and Scat: Who Pooped In The Park"
2023-03-11 00:00 - 14:30 UTC
The Park Naturalist will give a fun and informative talk about how to identify he wild critters who left their mark in the park. Children who attend will receive a nature related do-at-home project kit.

No Mow May? No Mow April? Low Mow Spring?
2023-03-16 10:00 - 11:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Online
No Mow May has garnered a lot of media attention in the past few years. It’s catchy and succinct, but is it the best fit for your community this spring — and will pausing mowing for a few weeks really save the bees? Join Xerces Society Outreach and Education Director Matthew Shepherd and Bee City USA Coordinator Laura Rost for a presentation on low mow and no mow options, and how No Mow May can be an opening to talk to the public about what really needs doing to protect pollinators during this important time of the year. We’ll allow plenty of time for discussion, so feel free to share your research and strategies.
This free Bee City USA webinar is hosted by Xerces Society and will be recorded and available on our YouTube channel on the Bee City USA playlist. Auto-generated Closed Captioning will be available during this webinar.

Matthew Shepherd, Outreach and Education Director
Matthew has spent more than 35 years working with people from all walks of life to create better places for wildlife. His career began in England and took him to Kenya before his arrival in the United States. He has worked for the Xerces Society for two decades, initially at the vanguard of the movement to protect pollinators, but he shifted to communications, and now community engagement and conservation in towns and cities. Matthew is author of numerous articles and other publications, including Attracting Native Pollinators (Storey Publishing, 2011) and Gardening for Butterflies (Timber Press, 2016).

Laura Rost, Bee City USA Coordinator

Laura supports communities working to reduce pesticide use and protect native pollinators. She has been with the Xerces Society since 2014, first working in membership. Before Xerces, she worked for a variety of environmental groups on issues ranging from instream water rights to green building. Laura holds a bachelor’s degree in environmental studies and has a certificate in nonprofit management from Southern Oregon University (the first Bee Campus affiliate!).

No Mow May: Bringing Your Community on Board
2023-04-26 17:00 - 18:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Online
What does it take to make change in your community? No Mow May is a classic example of the hard work that it will take to engage with your local representatives to enact positive change in your community. Dr. Israel Del Toro and Ald. Alex Shultz will chat about their experiences over the last few years of enacting No Mow May in Appleton, WI. There is a need to be able to listen closely, empathize with your neighbors and at the same time balance the need for environmental stewardship.
This free Bee City USA webinar is hosted by Xerces Society and will be recorded and available on our YouTube channel on the Bee City USA playlist. Auto-generated Closed Captioning will be available during this webinar.

Alex Schultz

Alex Schultz is the Executive Director of Sculpture Valley, a non-profit advocacy group for public arts established in 2011 to restore, protect and promote public arts in the Fox Valley. Since it’s inception, the group has worked with the city and community leaders to address the neglect of the city’s sculptural and memorial assets, successfully lobbying to establish a public fund in 2015 for future restoration and preservation efforts. Alex is the Alderperson for District 9 in Appleton and has served as the co-chair of the Pollenablers-Fox Cites group since its inception. He has worked alongside his counterparts on Council, now including Alderperson Del Toro and longstanding co-chair, Vered Melzer to propel environmental and social initiatives forward and was the co-author of the first No Mow May resolution in the United States.
Israel Del Toro
Israel Del Toro Ph.D. is an Associate Professor at Lawrence University in Appleton WI. His research focuses on the ecology and conservation of social insects.

Herbicides: A Double-Edged Sword? What We Know about Herbicide Impacts on Pollinators
2023-04-27 10:00 - 11:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Online
Herbicides, “the chemical hoe,” make up more than half of global pesticide sales and use, and are widely applied in agriculture, residential landscapes, and natural areas. Along with reducing the availability of food and shelter for pollinators, herbicides may have some direct effects on insects exposed in air, soil, water, and plants. Join Emily May, Pollinator Conservation Specialist with the Pesticide Program at Xerces, to get up to speed on what’s currently known about the direct and indirect effects of herbicides on pollinators.
This free Xerces Society webinar will be recorded and available on our YouTube channel. Closed Captioning will be available during this webinar.

Emily May
Pollinator Conservation Specialist Agricultural Lead – The Xerces Society
Emily May is a Pollinator Conservation Specialist with the Xerces Society’s Pesticide Program. She received a master’s of science in entomology from Michigan State University, and has studied pollinator habitat restoration, bee nesting habits, and the effects of pest management practices on wild bee communities. Her work with Xerces since 2015 has focused on supporting crop pollinators through habitat creation and protecting bees and other beneficial insects from pesticides.

Lights Out for Fireflies and Other Insects
2023-05-11 10:00 - 11:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Online
Insect populations around the world are declining rapidly. But why? While habitat loss, pesticide use, and climate change all have something to do with it, I show in this talk that light pollution is another important — but too often overlooked — bringer of the insect apocalypse. Light pollution interferes with the development, movement, foraging, and reproduction of diverse insect species, including many that we know and love such as fireflies. Fortunately, there are many simple things that we can all do to help reverse this driver of insect declines. Light pollution can be cheaply, easily, and instantly eliminated, and doing so can help ensure that we live in harmony with our insect friends and neighbors for generations to come.
This free Xerces Society webinar will be recorded and available on our YouTube channel. Closed Captioning will be available during this webinar.

Dr. Avalon C.S. Owens – The Rowland Institute at Harvard
Dr. Avalon C.S. Owens (owenslab.org) received her Ph.D. in Biology from Tufts University in spring 2022, where she studied the impact of artificial light on bioluminescent fireflies. She also holds a B.A. in Integrative Biology from Harvard University and an M.S. in Entomology from National Taiwan University.

Beyond the Backyard: Native Planting for Public Landscapes
2023-06-07 08:00 - 17:00 (America/Detroit) | EPA’s Campus in Research Triangle Park (RTP), 109 TW Alexander Dr, Durham, NC, 27709, United States
This day-long forum will focus on the use of native plants in public-facing and large-format landscapes. Envision how public spaces can be redesigned to allow native species to thrive. Learn why this practice can increase biodiversity and reduce greenhouse gas emissions with smart operational cost considerations.
This forum is designed for owners and managers of public-facing and large-format landscapes and landscape professionals in the Triangle area. It is not geared for homeowners, but it is for mangers of homeowners associations and corporate landscapes, etc and the professionals who support or advocate for native plantings.
Format will include panelist presentations and discussions of local examples of these landscaping methods, practical lessons learned and recommendations for best practices. Landscape Architecture CEU credits will be offered – please inquire.
We will offer tours to actual landscape examples on Thursday June 8! Visit the Tours Page to learn about and register for tour options.
JUNE 7 AGENDA
8:00 CHECK IN
9-9:30 INTRODUCTORY REMARKS
9:45-10:45 PANEL 1: “THE WHY” FOR NATIVE PLANTS IN PUBLIC PLACES

Barbara Driscoll, New Hope Audubon Society
Gabrielle Garrison, Eastern Piedmont Habitat Conservation Coordinator at NC Wildlife Resources Commission
Neal Wisenbaker, Horticulturalist for the City of Raleigh

10:45-11 BREAK
11-12 PANEL 2: CASE STUDIES: LARGE SCALE SITES

Nick Adams, Land Stewardship Manager (West) at Triangle Land Conservancy
Basil Camu, Wizard of Things at Leaf & Limb
Jeff Masten and Hiedi Hanapal, Co-founders and Co-directors of Bluestem Conservation Cemetery
Kaitlin Hartmann, Environmental Protection Agency
Moderator: Dan Stern, Director of Horticulture at the NC Botanical Garden

12-1:30 LUNCH & ONSITE TOURS & NETWORKING
1:30-2:30 PANEL 3: CASE STUDIES: SMALL SCALE SITES

Ben Bergmann, Horticulturalist for the City of Durham
Jared Carter, Principal Scientist at Syngenta
Annabel Renwick, Curator of the Blomquist Garden of Native Plants at Duke Gardens
David Dean, Green Team at IBM RTP
Moderator: Ashley Troth, Horticulture Agent at Durham County Cooperative Extension

2:30-2:45 BREAK
2:45-3:15 FEATURE SPEAKER

Johnny Randall, Director of Conservation at NC Botanical Garden

3:15-3:45 FEATURE SPEAKER 2
3:45-4:00 CONCLUDING REMARKS & CLOSING CALL TO ACTION
4:00-4:30 ACTIVITY: EVALUATION, PLANNING, NEEDS

Mentorship mapping with feedback opportunities and time for questions.

5:00 VACATE BUILDING
Register Here for Forum ($30)

JUNE 8 TOUR SCHEDULE
9 am – Duke Gardens (small scale)
420 Anderson St, Durham, NC 27708
9 am – Chapel Hill Public Library (small scale)
100 Library Dr, Chapel Hill, NC 27514
11 am – Downtown Durham (small scale)
400 N Mangum St, Durham, NC 27701
11 am – Leaf & Limb Project Pando (large scale)
511 Nowell Rd, Raleigh, NC 27607
1pm – NC Museum of Art in Raleigh (large scale)
2110 Blue Ridge Rd, Raleigh, NC 27607
1 pm – Bluestem Conservation Cemetery (large scale)
1900 Hurdle Mills Rd, Cedar Grove, NC 27231
3 pm – Annie Louise Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park (large scale)
5229 Awls Haven Dr, Raleigh, NC 27614
Register Here for Tours (no cost)

Webinar: NC Participates in the Great Southeastern Pollinator Census
2023-06-07 13:30 - 15:00 (America/Detroit) | Online
North Carolina Webinar: Wednesday, June 7, 2023
Webinar Time: 1:30 pm-3:00 pm Eastern Time
Where: Zoom (link to be sent out day before!)
Who: ANYONE in North Carolina! Citizens, Extension Master Gardeners, schools, teachers, students, parents, homeschool groups, businesses, non-profits, government organizations, etc.
Contact: Amanda Wilkins, amwilkin@ncsu.edu
Date of the Census for 2023: Friday, August 18 and Saturday, August 19
Join the Great Southeastern Pollinator Census team to learn about the Census, how to participate in the Census, how to bring the Census to your community or organizations, and ask questions with the experts. If you want to help scientists understand what kind of insects are in your backyard, this is the project for you! The Census is a citizen science project in Georgia, South Carolina and North Carolina, created by the University of Georgia and was formerly known as the Great Georgia Pollinator Census.

Learn more about the Census here: https://ggapc.org/

A Playful Nursery Gets Serious About Pollinator Safety: The Example of Harlequin’s Gardens
2023-06-15 10:00 - 11:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Online
This event will be recorded and posted to: The Xerces YouTube Channel

We are excited to invite Mikl Brawner, founder and co-owner of Harlequin’s Gardens in Boulder Colorado, to this webinar. Mikl will discuss Harlequin’s philosophy about plant health and their non-toxic pest management practices. Sharon Selvaggio, Pesticide Program Specialist at Xerces, will start off the webinar with an overview of why pollinator-safe nursery practices are important, and what plant buyers can do to identify and patronize pollinator-safe nurseries. Participants in this webinar will come away with an enhanced appreciation of the qualities to look for when sleuthing out pollinator-safe nurseries.
This webinar will be recorded and available on our YouTube channel. Closed captions will be available during this webinar.

Sharron Selvaggio
Pesticide Program Specialist, Parks, Nurseries & Natural Areas Lead – The Xerces Society
Sharon assists Xerces staff, partners, and the public to reduce reliance on pesticides and understand pesticide risk to invertebrates. Sharon previously worked at Northwest Center for Alternatives to Pesticides, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and the U.S. Forest Service, and integrates her focus on pesticides with her experience managing natural areas and agricultural lands. Sharon earned a Master of Science in energy and resources and a Bachelor of Arts in biology, both from the University of California, Berkeley. Sharon spends a lot of time in her vegetable garden, which has an always-buzzing insectary/pollinator patch, and she is a frequent visitor to the Pacific northwest’s wildlands for recreation.

Mikl Brawner
Founder and Co-owner – Harlequin’s Gardens
Mikl Brawner got his initial training along the creeks and woods of eastern Iowa. He studied biology at the University of Iowa, then went to India with the Peace Corps. Back in America, he managed a small organic apple orchard, and operated a tree care business. Studying plants, researching alternatives to pesticides, and developing a xeriscape garden led him from the treetops to a plant nursery. Now the evolving Harlequin’s Gardens is his lifework, helping the gardening community to bring nature into their personal lives and homes using sustainable plants, materials and methods. His current passion is soil health and energy-efficient greenhouses. He was honored with the 2009 PaceSetter Award for the Environment.

Webinar: The Buzz on Florida's Pollinators
2023-06-15 14:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York) | Online
Moths, flies, mosquitos… You will be surprised at how many different pollinators there are in Florida! In this class we will explore how plants have adapted to ensure their flowers are pollinated, why this is important, and the diversity of pollinators in our state.
This webinar is recommended for adults and youth over 12.
Pinellas County complies with the Americans with Disabilities Act. If you are a person with a disability who needs any accommodation in order to participate in this class you are entitled, at no cost to you, to the provision of certain assistance. Prior to ten (10) business days before the class, please submit your request to accommodations@pinellas.gov and weedonisland@pinellas.gov. In your request, please include the date and title of the program you need accommodations for, indicate that the Weedon Island Preserve Cultural and Natural History Center is the program host, and describe the specific accommodations you will need.
